Fighters from Central African Republic's largely Muslim 'Seleka' militia attacked refugees in the country's remote north on Wednesday, stabbing or hacking to death at least 10 people before UN peacekeepers dispersed them, witnesses said, Reuters reported.
Several people were also wounded in the attack targeting the Kaga Bandoro, a town of dirt roads and thatched mud huts. A Reuters witness saw militiamen stab two refugees to death as people were fleeing. When some tried to fight back with clubs, the militiamen began firing their guns.
Hundreds of panicked villagers, already refugees from earlier violence, then fled in the direction of the UN base.